{"id":1595,"date":"2011-06-29T12:58:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T12:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2011\/06\/united-states-supreme-court-gr.html"},"modified":"2011-06-29T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T12:58:16","slug":"united-states-supreme-court-gr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/united-states-supreme-court-gr\/","title":{"rendered":"United States Supreme Court agrees to hear Confrontation Clause case of Williams v. Illinois addressing questions raised in recent Bullcoming decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear another case raising the issue of the scope of the Sixth Amendment Right of Confrontation.  The case of <u>Williams v. Illinois<\/u> directly raises the confrontation clause issues raised in the concurring opinion of Justice Sotomayor.  The filings in the <u>Williams<\/u> case can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/williams-v-illinois?wpmp_switcher=desktop\" target=\"_blank\">Scotus Blog<\/a>, attached as a link here.  <\/p>\n<p>The <u>Williams<\/u> case involved charges of sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery.  The defendant allegedly grabbed the victim while she was walking home and sexually assaulted her.  In the case, according to the police, the victim initially identified her attacker as a man named McChristine, but later told the police that he was not the attacker.  <\/p>\n<p>Over a year later, the defendant was arrested and identified by the victim as her attacker through a line-up identification procedure.  At trial, the State called a forensic scientist to testify, Sandra Lambatos who testified that samples from the victim&#8217;s sexual assault kit were sent to Cellmark diagnostic laboratory for DNA analysis.  Lambatos testified that Cellmark derived a DNA profile for the person whose semen was recovered from the victim.  The expert witness testified that in her opinion the profile matched the defendant.  The testifying expert at trial did not know what procedures were used by the lab, whether the lab calibrated its equipment, and how samples were handled once received.  At trial, no witness from Cellmark testified and the report was not introduced into evidence.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/united-states-supreme-court-gr\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading United States Supreme Court agrees to hear Confrontation Clause case of Williams v. 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